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Bebop Big Bands - Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, & Woody Herman (1940 - 1947)
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Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
Woody Herman
band / ensemble / orchestra1913 - 1987
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- Host Intro 0:00
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Eckstine with Earl Hines Orchestra. "Jelly Jelly" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 2:30Billy Eckstine
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1914 - 1993- Host speaks 5:56
- Billy Eckstine. "Rhythm in a Riff" from Billy Eckstine: 1944 -1945 () 7:27
- Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra. "Second Balcony Jump" from Bebop Story: Vol. 008, The Early Years Vol. 8 -Billy Eckstine (1945-47) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 10:15
- Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra. "Oo Bop Sh'Bam" from Bebop Story: Vol. 008, The Early Years Vol. 8 -Billy Eckstine (1945-47) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 13:05
- Host speaks 16:04
- Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra. "Blue 'n Boogie" from Bebop Story: Vol. 007, The Early Years Vol. 7 -Billy Eckstine (1945) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 16:59
- Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra. "Opus X" from Bebop Story: Vol. 007, The Early Years Vol. 7 -Billy Eckstine (1945) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 18:12
- Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra. "One O'Clock Jump" from Bebop Story: Vol. 007, The Early Years Vol. 7 -Billy Eckstine (1945) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 21:15
- Host speaks 22:25
" data-original-title="" title="">Earl Hines and His Orchestra. "At the El Grotto" from Bebop Story: Vol. 043, Wardell Gray Vol. 1 (1945-46) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 23:35Earl Hines
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1903 - 1983- Earl Hines and His Orchestra. "Straight Life" from Bebop Story: Vol. 043, Wardell Gray Vol. 1 (1945-46) (Encyclopedia of Jazz) 26:36
- Host speaks 29:23
- Woody Herman and his Orchestra. "Down Under" from Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945-1947 (Columbia) 31:36
- Woody Herman and his Orchestra. "Caldonia." from Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945-1947 (Columbia) 34:23
- Host speaks 37:23
- Woody Herman and his Orchestra. "Kean And Peachy" from Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945- 1947 (Columbia) 38:04
- Woody Herman and his Orchestra. "The Goof and I" from Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945-1947 (Columbia) 40:54
- Host speaks 43:43
- Woody Herman and his Orchestra. "Four Brothers" from Blowin' Up a Storm: The Columbia Years 1945-1947 (Columbia) 44:55
- Host speaks 48:08
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" data-original-title="" title="">Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra. "Donna Lee" from Bebop Spoken Here (Proper) 50:40Claude Thornhill
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1909 - 1965 - Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra. "Yardbird Suite" from Bebop Spoken Here (Proper) 53:42
- Host Outro 57:01
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